The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-12-21
THE WESTERN STATES.


| ing by which two men lost their lives is re-
| ported from Ozark County, Missouri William
Requa, member of party that was on
hunting expedition in remote part of the
county, started out by himself, and when at
some distance from his companions fired at
an object which he took for deer, but which
| proved to be W. H Guinter, also hunter,
| from Wyandotte, Kan. After the discharge
of his gun Requa rushed forward, and GUM
ter, who was still alive, though fatally wound
ed, fired upon him, killing him instantly.
A DISPATCH from Columbus Ohio, says the
| Grand Jury has indicted seven men for COM
| plicity in the tally-sheet forgeries committed
in that city two years ago. Among those in
dicted are Robert b. Montgomery, ex-Prose
cutting Attorney; Dr. c. r. Montgomery, Fred
| Steube, Otto Horn, Algernon Granville, and
! Charles T. Blackburn, of Cincinnati Gran
vile was formerly in the employ Of Prescott
ing Attorney Montgomery, and Is an expert
shorthand man and penman
In the death at Whatcom, W. T., Of the Rev.
Isaac s. Kalloch, one who had led career full
of startling sensations has passed away.
The bloody drama in which he was one OF the
principals in tho stormy days of sand lot do1ni-
| nation in San Francisco brought him into
spC cial prominence Out from DCYnOOu ITO nus
| furnished sensation after sensation, and 1t
was only within tho last half-dozen years that
| he was in measure Loaf to public view.
He is best remembered ia connection with
| the terrible scandal whsr he was pastor
| of the fremont Temple. Boston, over quartz
of a century ago. Kallooh vas elected Mayor
1879. During the campaign hs was shos Dy
| Charles De isan:, at that time editor
of the ChrOnicte, the dispute, growing
made by both parties The Chronicle printed
the details of Kalloch's liic ia boston and Kan
| sas and Kalloch equally bitter In his at
| tacks on the Dc Youngs, assailng their mother
| in the vilest language. In April, 1850, kallochs
| son went to the Chronicle Office and shot De
the charge of murder. At the close OF his term
| rs Mayor Kalloch removed TO Washington Ter
ritory where he had since resided.
A CHICAGO dispatch says "The building
! at the northwest corner of Adams street and
Fifth avenue, which was owned by Edwin H.
Sheldon and occupied by Phelps, Dodge &
Palmer, wholesale boot and shoe dealers, was
completely ruined by fire Monday night The
loss on the building is placed at $4,000; in
surance, sS5,000 Phelps, Dodge & Palmer
estimate their loss at 5000, 600, and say that
it is about covered by the insurance. Ada
cent property was damaged to the extent of
$1,000"
/
fourteen miles from Washington, Oak, was
destroyed by fire, and Mrs. Harris and six
children were burned to death MIR. Harris
and one daughter escaped
A GOOD flow of natural gas has been struck
at Fairvew, Los Angeles County, California.
A CoNCoRDIA Kas.) telegram reports that
@an armed mob surrounded the Jail at Leoti,
in Wichita County, Kansas and made des
perate attempt to lynch Thomas Allen, inn
prisoned on the charge of having been impli-
Gated in the killing of Coulter and Ransom
| Feb. 81 last John II. Edwards, Sheriff of the
county, with Dick Wade, his Under Sheriff,
was in the jail at the time. The mob broke
in the Jail door and demanded the prisoner.
Their demands being refused by the Off
GERS, the mob opened heavy fire with Win
chesters and reviewers on the occupants of
the jail. The officers returned the fire, fight
ing bravely for their man, and after a fierce
fight succeeded in repulsing the mob, severe
ly wounding several of them and saving the
! life of their prisoner. The news that Allen
was attempting 10 obtiin his release on bal
enraged the Leotians."
FURTHER particulars of the horrible burn
ing of the Harris family, near Washington,
Oak, are telegraphed from Huron, Oak.
They lived on n farm in two-story house.
About midnight MIR Harris awoke and found
the lower part OF tho house i'll flames Himself,
wife, eight children and hired man all slept in
the second story. The fire had gotten such
/ Roadway that he was obliged to jump from tho
window, AMI called to his wife and Parr,
the hired man. to throw the children to
him. Parr and Harris oldest boy jumped
from the window, leaving Mrs Harris to got
out the children. She threw the baby TO her
husband, and returned Tor another child, when
the floor gave way ana the roof and side OF the
building fell in, engulfng her ana the
| remaining six children in the fire. The
heat great and the wind Sd strong
that il impossible to render any assist
nnce. All were in their night-clothes Parr
went to a neighbours, Il mile aud u half Instant,
for help, returning with his feet and hands
and covered with hay till assistance came, but
it also badly frozen. The seven bodies
We're removed from tho debris in IL blackened
and almost unacceptable condition. Tho
feet, hands, and logs OF some fell OIL they
were taken up. The family were from Mount
Ayr. Ind.
KANSAS CITY special: "Sands Hopkins has
committed suicide by taking laudanum De-
ceased was the son of Dr. J. Hopkins, who
died twenty years ago. leaving the boy large
amount of real estate. which has since in
creased immensely in value, and a year ago
the victim of last nights tragedy was held to
be worth almost Sl,00000o For the last two
years no had lod dissolute life, plungng
wildly into dissipation, and spending large
sums of money IN a reckless manner. He was
the dupe of gamblers, who bled him for thou
sands of dollars, and the influence of his
relatives and friends to tear him away from
these associates proved futile. Sands was
still very young man, having just passed his
twenty-ninth birthday"
WoNG All LUNG, Chnaman Of San Fran
CISCO has been sentenced to ten years i'm
prisonment and fined $1,000 for importing
women into the country for immoral pur-
poses.
A BROKEN Bow (Neb) dispatch says A
young farmer named James Rankin, living
about eighteen miles northe sst Of here.
started out on the morning of Dos 10 for a
hunt in sleigh. When he had reached a
point in the woods about half mile from
his fathers house his double barreled shot
gun slipped of the seat and in attempt
ing TO draw it toward him tho hammers
caught and both loads discharged into his
heart His clothing caught fire from the
flash and was burned Oft. with the exception
! of the oyershoes Tho remains were discoy-